Steven Diez and Alex Marti Pujolras will square off in the 1st round of the Iasi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:30 am on COURT 6. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Steven Diez who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Steven Diez is the pick to win this match.
Steven Diez -> 1.68
Alex Marti Pujolras -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Steven Diez vs. Alex Marti Pujolras
There is no head to head record between Steven Diez and Alex Marti Pujolras since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Steven Diez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4-12 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-36 | 7-13 | 16-19 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-32 | 13-12 | 22-19 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-28 | 3-6 | 12-16 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-16 | 2-5 | 8-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 278, Diez will start his run in the Iasi Challenger after he played his last match in the Troyes Challenger where he lost 3-6 6-3 6-1 to Durasovic in the 2nd round on the 5th of July.
Diez has an aggregate 14-21 win-loss record in 2023, 11-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Steven’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Torello.
Talking about his overall career, Steven has an overall 527-407 record. He has a positive 326-233 record on clay.
Previously in the Iasi Challenger
The Canadian has never competed in this tournament before.
Alex Marti Pujolras
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-15 | 0-0 | 26-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-32 | 0-0 | 43-32 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-25 | 0-1 | 44-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 51-28 | 0-1 | 51-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-11 | 0-0 | 23-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 373, Alex got to the 1st round after beating Matias Zukas 6-1 6-1 and Gabi Adrian Boitan 6-1 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Adrian Boitan (6-1 6-1). During the match Marti scored 58 points vs Adrian Boitan’s 29. Marti was very aggressive to blast 19 winners.
About the serving games, Marti scored 2 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Alex Marti Pujolras lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Marti put 51% of his first serves in, winning 83% (19/23) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Adrian Boitan 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 64% of the points he played.
Alex’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Antalya and M25 Valldoreix.
Marti has an overall 34-17 win-loss record in 2023, 34-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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